Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, With Award Document To Helmut Garz, By Förster & Barth Newly Listed and twisted silver aluminum bullion

and twisted silver aluminum bullion wires interlaced with grey threading to form the veins of the eagle

with the coat-of-arms of Hungary and Budapest and the engraver mark "KNOPP ÉS STEINER BUDAPESTEN" (Knopp and Steiner

measuring 24 mm (w) x 10 mm (h)

" It was recommended that he be discharged on account of physical unfitness and that "no further treatment would benefit his condition"

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Eastern Front Medal, With Award Document To Helmut Garz, By Förster & Barth Newly Listed and twisted silver aluminum bullion(Ostmedaille mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a swastika, the reverse with an inscription of WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941 42 (WINTER BATTLE IN THE EAST 1941 42), above a crossed sword and laurel branch, topped by a Stahlhelm and stick grenade, the suspension loop maker marked with LDO